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Waking up with the Kings: March 8

LA Kings InsiderMarch 8, 20200 Comments

Folks, we offer you The Greatest Kings-Wild Game Ever. That might be up for debate – there were some interesting games marked by Jeff Carter and Mikael Granlund OT winners in St. Paul – but one thing is not: For the first time in the series’ history, the two teams combined for 10 goals. “10 goals?! ... Full Story

March 7: Post-game notes, highlights, Todd McLellan quotes

LA Kings InsiderMarch 7, 20200 Comments

Postgame notesPostgame quotesPostgame videoVideo8 min read

Todd McLellan, on what he liked about the win: Scoring goals, obviously. It’s not often that our team gets to celebrate that many times in one game. A lot of them came late, but we still enjoyed it. Gave our goaltender enough run support. I thought our penalty kill again was outstanding. We checke... Full Story

Game 68: Los Angeles vs Minnesota

LA Kings InsiderMarch 7, 20200 Comments

Game Threads1 min read

Los Angeles Kings 7, Minnesota Wild 3 Final Preview Box Score Ice Tracker Fox Sports Live Stream (requires subscription) SOG: LAK – 35; MIN – 28 PP: LAK – 0/2; MIN – 0/3 First Period 1) LAK - Anze Kopitar (21) (Dustin Brown, Alex Iafallo), 5:16 Second Period 2) MIN - Marcus Fo... Full Story

Waking up with the Kings, and Kovalchuk: November 13

LA Kings InsiderNovember 13, 20190 Comments

Game storyNHL News8 min read

Having spent a decent amount of the first period on Kovalchuk Kovalchuk Kovalchuk - more on him below - there were some encouraging and easily visible trends in Tuesday's 3-1 win over Minnesota to begin a three-game, week-long home stand. Jonathan Quick was very good and continues to gravitate towar... Full Story

November 12 Rapid Reaction; McLellan, Kopitar on Kovalchuk: Kings 3, Wild 1

LA Kings InsiderNovember 12, 20190 Comments

Uncategorized7 min read

Postgame Quotes Todd McLellan, on what he liked about the power play: Well, that it was successful, but they were aggressive at the right time. I basically told them – I’ll tell you exactly what I told the guys in between periods. We were happy with the penalty kill, we didn’t want to see it ag... Full Story

Game 18: Los Angeles vs Minnesota

LA Kings InsiderNovember 12, 20190 Comments

Game Threads1 min read

Los Angeles Kings 3, Minnesota Wild 1 Final Preview Box Score Ice Tracker LA Kings Audio Network Fox Sports Live Stream (requires subscription) SOG: LAK – 35; MIN – 28 PP: LAK – 0/2; MIN – 0/3 First Period 1) LAK - Anze Kopitar (6) (Sean Walker, Alex Iafallo), 1:10 Second Period ... Full Story

Quick expected, Kempe out, additional lineup notes vs Wild

LA Kings InsiderNovember 12, 20190 Comments

Morning Skate NotesRadio and Television4 min read

INSIDERS. A quick note on lines and the such. I’ll have more later this afternoon on Matt Luff, but first, a quick run-through of what to expect when the LA Kings face the Minnesota Wild tonight at Staples Center (7:30 p.m. PT / FOX Sports West / FOX Sports GO / LA Kings Audio Network): Notes! ... Full Story

Waking up with the Kings: October 27

LA Kings InsiderOctober 27, 20190 Comments

Game storyVideo5 min read

The LA Kings faltered in important moments and fell to 3-6-4 in their last 13 visits to St. Paul with a 5-1 road loss to a Minnesota team that out-shot them 14-7 in a third period that opened with a one-goal margin. You can argue that this game was lost on the power play. With the score tied at one,... Full Story

October 26 Rapid Reaction: Wild 5, Kings 1

LA Kings InsiderOctober 26, 20190 Comments

Postgame notesPostgame quotesPostgame videoRapid Reaction6 min read

Todd McLellan, on what Minnesota did well and how Los Angeles fell short in the third period: Well, let’s talk about our team. I don’t want to talk about their team. They have a coach, he can evaluate his own team. Ours was kind of a 50-50 first period. Thought we played a really good second period... Full Story

Game 11: Los Angeles at Minnesota

LA Kings InsiderOctober 26, 20190 Comments

Game Threads1 min read

Minnesota Wild 4, Los Angeles Kings 1 Third Period, 9:26 remaining Preview Box Score Ice Tracker LA Kings Audio Network Fox Sports Live Stream (requires subscription) SOG: LAK – 28; MIN – 21 PP: LAK – 0/3; MIN – 0/3 First Period 1) MIN - Gerald Mayhew (2) (Matt Dumba, Ryan Donato), 5... Full Story

Valkommen till NHL, Blake Lizotte; Wagner’s game diversifies; Forbort skating

LA Kings InsiderOctober 26, 20190 Comments

InjuriesMorning Skate Notes11 min read

Today’s game-day notebook is below. If you’re looking for today’s lineups, click here. Before the Blake Lizotte and Austin Wagner stories, some housekeeping notes: --Shared it on Twitter but not here, yet: Derek Forbort (back) began skating on his own yesterday at TSC in a tracksuit. There’s n... Full Story

October 26: Quick in goal; no lineup changes projected; scouting each team

LA Kings InsiderOctober 26, 20190 Comments

Morning Skate Notes6 min read

INSIDERS. So much to go over in advance of tonight’s game at Minnesota (5:00 p.m. PT / FOX Sports West / FOX Sports GO / LA Kings Audio Network), beginning with the LA Kings’ projected lineup: Iafallo-Kopitar-Brown Carter-Lizotte-Toffoli Kovalchuk-Kempe-Lewis Clifford-Amadio-Wagner Hutton-D... Full Story

Good morning, St. Paul

LA Kings InsiderOctober 25, 20190 Comments

Uncategorized2 min read

Good morning, St. Paul, and good morning, Insiders. Good morning... college hockey! For a city that doesn't offer the same type of "recreation" as Nashville or Vegas, or the same weather as Los Angeles or San Jose, St. Paul is still an enjoyable stop. First, it's Minnesota, and we work in hockey,... Full Story